East

Scorching heat no deterrent for devotees

Amritsar, Punjab: Even as the mercury continues to soar with each passing day, there has been no let-up in the number of devotees visiting the Golden Temple. The number of pilgrims visiting the shrine is touching the one-lakh mark daily, says ...

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Will restore gurdwara in Lahore: Sarna

Ludhiana, Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) president Paramjit Singh Sarna has said his outfit has got the “sewa” of restoring the Gurdwara Dera Sahib building, the site where Guru Arjun Dev was martyred, at Lahore. He said this was decided by ...

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More families of youth stuck in Iraq surface

Amritsar, Punjab: As situation worsens in Iraq, more families of Punjabi youths stranded in the civil strife-torn country have begun to surface. On Thursday, four such families from Talwandi Jheera village in Gurdaspur, whose kin were working in Mosul, reached the ...

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Akali Dal Amritsar lashes out at SGPC

Ludhiana, Punjab: Members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) held a meeting today. They said the clash between Sikhs at Akal Takht on June 6 was unfortunate. They held the SGPC responsible for it. Jaswant Singh Mann, secretary general of the ...

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